[time-nuts] Z38XX software and HP 58503A
Ulrich Bangert
df6jb at ulrich-bangert.de
Sun Jul 19 08:23:42 UTC 2009
Stan,
your observations are correct but what you may feel is a flaw of the newer
versions is indeed a big improvement: Z38XX does nothing until it has
identified the attched unit and knows exactly how to do with it.
"Identifying" is not simply a means of getting an answer to *IDN? but to
detect something known in the answer. Send me a log file made from the debug
window and I will include the HP58503 into the group of "known" devices.
Best regards
Ulrich
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> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] Im Auftrag von Stan
> Gesendet: Samstag, 18. Juli 2009 19:03
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>
> I have been using the Z38XX software (thanks Ulrich!) for a
> while now with my 58503A and it's worked very well. I
> recently installed the update that included the spelling
> corrections and displayed the date along with the time, and
> found to my dismay that this version no longer worked with my
> 58503A. Later I installed the current update (20090716) with
> no success, either. The software appears to be identifying
> the 58503A, as the response to the *IDN? command is in the
> lower right corner of the main window, but there is no other
> data collected or displayed. I tried GPSCon and it is still
> working fine with the 58503A, so I suspect a change in the
> Z38XX software itself is causing this problem. Has anyone
> else noticed this? If it turns out that this is a problem
> that will not be correctable, can someone point me to an
> archive with an older version of Z38XX? The most recent
> version I used that worked was the first version with the
> Nixie-style time display.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Stan
>
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